ECONOMICS AND SECURITY COMMITTEE (ESC)

10:15-10:30

Introductory Remarks

Alberto LOSACCO (Italy) Acting Chairperson, Economics and Security Committee

10:30-11:15

Presentation title to be confirmed

Dr Volker TREIER Chief of Foreign Trade, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry

11:15-12:15

Panel Discussion: A New Era of Strategic Competition: Future Economics and their Impact on Transatlantic Defence

Dr Martin RAISER Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation and Head of the World Bank Office in Paris, World Bank Group

Dr Maria SHAGINA Senior Fellow for Geo-economics and Strategy, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Dr Antonia HMAIDI Head of Program (Co-Lead), Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin

14:30-15:00

Transatlantic Energy Security and Impact on Defence Neal Patrick DUNN (United States) Rapporteur, Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations

presented by Baroness KINGSMILL (United Kingdom)

15:00-15:30

Critical Raw Materials and Impact on Defence Annick PONTHIER (Belgium) Rapporteur ad interim, Sub-Committee on Transition and Development

15:30-16:00

Sustaining Increased Defence Investment: Economic Consequences Bart KROON (The Netherlands) General Rapporteur, Economics and Security Committee

16:00

CLOSING REMARKS